Collection: History Support Collection

This booklet provides the necessary information to start the task of collecting community memories.

Summarises and analyses the results of a survey of open space in 40 local government areas in the Sydney Region as at the end of 1982.

Open your heart to country. Listen to its language. Learn how to speak its song. Sharing the nourishing power of returning home and being immersed in the language of Country, this picture book invites readers to reflect on the importance of place, not only for First Nations’ peoples but for every...

This publication provides information on oral history and planning an oral history project.

The national standard on conducting Oral History projects for Australia.

The national standard on conducting Oral History projects for Australia.

Bankstown oral history project has been planned and executed over the last eighteen months. The Bankstown oral history project is supported by the commonwealth through the centenary of federation community projects program.

This periodical provides many articles and reports that can help historians conduct research on history.

Deals with the background and pressures for local government in the earliest days of the colony, city government by commission in Sydney, establishment of special authorities, special incorporations, district councils up to the Municipalities Act of 1858.

This book traces the patterns and impact of immigration to Australia since 1945, focusing on immigrants from non-English speaking backgrounds who came to New South Wales. It describes the personal experience of many newcomers to Australia.